The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

2017 en 142 minutes

Rating: 7.7

Plot

After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with another masterpiece, this time inspired by filmmaker Luis Buñuel's seminal surrealist classic "El Ángel Exterminador", during the 2017–18 season. As the opera opens, a group of elegant socialites gather for a lavish dinner party, but when it is time to leave for the night, no one is able to escape. Soon, their behavior becomes increasingly erratic and savage. The large ensemble cast tackles both the vocal and dramatic demands of Adès's opera with one riveting performance after another. Tom Cairns, who also penned the work's libretto, directs an engrossing and inventive production, using a towering wooden archway to trap the characters onstage. And Adès himself takes the podium to conduct the frenzied score, which features a host of unconventional instruments, including the eerie electronic ondes Martenot.

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Cast

Joseph Kaiser

Joseph Kaiser

Edmundo de Nobile

Amanda Echalaz

Amanda Echalaz

Lucía de Nobile

Audrey Luna

Audrey Luna

Leticia Maynar

Alice Coote

Alice Coote

Leonora Palma

Sally Matthews

Sally Matthews

Silvia de Ávila

Iestyn Davies

Iestyn Davies

Francisco de Ávila

Christine Rice

Christine Rice

Blanca Delgado

Rodney Gilfry

Rodney Gilfry

Alberto Roc

Sophie Bevan

Sophie Bevan

Beatriz

Frédéric Antoun

Frédéric Antoun

Raúl Yebenes

David Portillo

David Portillo

Eduardo

David Adam Moore

David Adam Moore

Colonel Álvaro Gómez

Kevin Burdette

Kevin Burdette

Señor Russell

John Tomlinson

John Tomlinson

Doctor Carlos Conde

Christian van Horn

Christian van Horn

Julio

John Irvin

John Irvin

Lucas

Ian Koziara

Ian Koziara

Enrique

Paul Corona

Paul Corona

Pablo

Mary Dunleavy

Mary Dunleavy

Meni

Catherine Cook

Catherine Cook

Camila

Andrea Coleman

Andrea Coleman

Servant

Marc Persing

Marc Persing

Servant

Jeff Mattsey

Jeff Mattsey

Padre Sansón

Lucas Mann

Lucas Mann

Yoli

Susan Graham

Susan Graham

Self - Host

MET Orchestra

MET Orchestra

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